KENDRAPARA: Officials of a Kolkata-based insurance company along with employees of a shipping company inspected two shipping containers at Satabhaya beach within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary on Saturday.
The two massive containers of a sunken ship, filled with household goods, were washed ashore on Satabhaya beach on September 2. The containers were being carried by MV ITT Puma, a cargo vessel registered in Mumbai, which was en route to Port Blair from Kolkata and sank on August 26. “After receiving the Forest department’s nod, we inspected the containers at the beach. The containers were empty as locals took away the goods in them,” said an official of ITT Lines Pvt Ltd, which owns the vessel. The vessel which was carrying 20 containers sank around 90 nautical mines south of Sagar Island in West Bengal.
A ship insurance claim inspection refers to the process of checking the authenticity and extent of damages caused to the ship and its cargo for which a claim is raised, added the official. The Indian Coast Guard had rescued 11 crew members from the sunken ship and brought them to Paradip on August 27.